"BEATING THE AIR"
MR. S. F. WILSON'S OPINION
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
' CHEISTCHUECH, This Day. Commenting on the Rugby rules situation, Mr. S. F. Wilson, a member of the Canterbury Union, and a former president of the New Zealand Union, said: "Personally I am a firm supporter of the 3-2-3 scrum formation but I don't agree that the wing-for-ward is a destructive element as far as back play is concerned, that is a good wing-forward under an efficient referee." Mr. Wilson explained that he thought that under existing rules a 3-2-3 scrum could always get the ball against a 2-3-2 scrum, but that did not influence his opinion about the wing-forward. He agreed with many people who considered that the wingforward actually made back play brighter, because he smartened up the half-back. "I think that i£ Ma S. S.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 16, 20 January 1932, Page 10
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